Maria Basaglia (1912 – 5 May 1998) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Basaglia started her career as

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director for the production company Scalera Film. Between 1939 and 1944 she wrote several films, mainly collaborating with her husband

Marcello Albani Marcello Albani (1905–1980) was an American-born Italian screenwriter, producer and film director. He is particularly noted for his 1943 film '' Redemption'' which glorified the rise to power of the Fascist Party in the 1920s, but was disli ...

; during the war she moved to

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, where she collaborated on several film productions of the short-lived

Republic of Salo The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...

. After the war, Basaglia directed two films, the comedy '' Sua altezza ha detto no'' and the melodrama ''

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''. In 1957 she moved with her husband to Brazil, where they founded the production company Paulistánia Film.

Filmography

* ''

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'', directed by Jean Choux (1939), screenwriter * ', directed by Jeff Musso (1939), screenwriter * ', directed by Marcello Albani (1939), screenwriter * ''

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'', directed by Marcello Albani (1940), screenwriter * ', directed by Marcello Albani (1941), screenwriter * ', directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter * ', directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter * ', directed by Marcello Albani (1946), screenwriter * ', (1953), screenwriter and director * ''

'', (1956), director

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* 1912 births 1998 deaths Mass media people from Cremona 20th-century Italian writers Italian film directors Italian women film directors Italian women screenwriters 20th-century Italian women writers 20th-century screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub